If you read about Henry Waxman's hearings into fraud and the Iraq debacle,

I can't believe it's not a democracy!

you may have wondered where the missing billions of dollars went. Sure, I'm sure there are some well-connected Iraqis who know have fabulous secret bank accounts, but some of the money may have found its way into even more obscene uses: Iraqi official tied to militia jailed. The AP reports: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces stormed the Health Ministry and arrested the No. 2 official Thursday, accusing him of diverting millions of dollars to the biggest Shiite militia and allowing death squads use of ambulances and government hospitals to carry out kidnappings and killings. Your tax dollars at work...

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